Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Intern Profile on Jenneke Oostman

Jenneke Oostman has
wanderlust, but writing and journalism came first.

“I’ve always wanted to
pursue a career that would enable me to write. I decided journalism was my
calling freshman year of college after taking a journalism class taught by
ex-Psychology Today editor-in-chief Marilyn Webb,” says Oostman, a
Creative Writing major and Journalism minor at Knox College in Galesburg,
Illinois. The same journalism professor also encouraged Oostman to apply for
ASME.

Once through the ASME
doors, Oostman could land an internship at one of her favorite magazines, Travel
+ Leisure. At her magazine, she loves doing travel research: “Learning
about the world fascinates me. I'm addicted to the foreign,” she
explains. Oostman studied abroad in Denmark last year, but she is planning on
going abroad once again, to the University of Hyderabad in Hyderabad, India,
where she will complete her undergraduate degree.

T + L is obviously a great
place for such fascination, and even led Oostman to a chance to author a few
travel blog posts for the magazine’s website.

The hometown of the
travel-enthusiast is Seattle, Washington, but she enjoys spending this summer
in New York City, where the crowds, the chaos, and the convenience of
everything is appealing for her. “I wouldn’t mind living in NYC, but I also
want live in different cities around the world,” she adds.

No wonder that after
finishing college in India, she will continue traveling the world for a tad bit
more.